GT vs MI, IPL 2025 Eliminator toss update: MI opt to bat first against GT, Hardik makes 3 big changes in Mumbai's fold; Know playing XIs here

Gujarat Titans (GT) take on Mumbai Indians (MI) as Hardik Pandya won the toss in the all-important Eliminator clash of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 being played at the New PCA stadium in Mullanpur on Friday, May 30.

What did the captains say?

After winning the toss, MI captain Hardik Pandya said:

"We're going to bat. Looks like a different track to yesterday. Bit of less grass. Big game, scoring runs and defending would be nice. We all are aware, for the last 9 games we have been playing it like a knockout. Really need to turn up today and focus on the things which we can control. We've got three changes: Jonny comes back, Gleeson makes his debut and Raj Angad Bawa plays."

Meanwhile, GT skipper Shubman Gill, after losing the toss, said:

"We would've chased. If someone would've said at the start of the season that we would've qualified, we would've taken it. Boys are very excited to be able to come back here in Chandigarh, it's my home town. This game is no different for us, no pressure of the knockout game or anything. Two changes - Mendis comes in for Buttler and Washington for Arshad."

Gujarat Titans' Playing XI

Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Kusal Mendis(w), Shahrukh Khan, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Gerald Coetzee, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

Gujarat Titans Impact Subs: Sherfane Rutherford, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Jayant Yadav, Arshad Khan

Mumbai Indians' Playing XI

Rohit Sharma, Jonny Bairstow(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Richard Gleeson

Mumbai Indians Impact Subs: Krishnan Shrijith, Raghu Sharma, Robin Minz, Ashwani Kumar, Reece Topley

Pitch report

"Square boundaries are 67 and 64 meters. Straight boundary is 73 meters. Weather was very very humid yesterday, tonight it's much drier. This wicket doesn't have the amount of grass cover we saw yesterday. The issues will be similar in terms of elevated bounce and it will get a little slower because it's a little drier with less grass. Dew factor might be negligible," Matthew Hayden and Deep Dasgupta analysed the pitch.

Head-to-Head

MI and GT have locked horns with each other seven times in IPL so far. While GT have clinched five wins, Paltans have emerged victorious in two matches